Ben Lyon was your average boyish, easy-going, highly appealing film personality of the Depression-era 1930s. Although he never rose above second-tier stardom, he would enjoy enduring success both here and in England. Born Ben Lyon, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia, the future singer/actor was the son of a pianist-turned-businessman and youngest of four. ...
While working as casting director at 20th Century-Fox, BL discovered and named Marilyn Monroe
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Lyons Abroad
1955
Ben
The Dark Tower
1943
Phil Danton
This Was Paris
1942
Butch, Sydney Chronicle Reporter
Hi Gang!
1941
Her Other Half
Confidential Lady
1940
Jim Brent
Who Is Guilty?
1939
Bernard Froy
Stardust
1938/II
Roy Harley
Treachery on the High Seas
1936
Johnny Hammond
Down to the Sea
1936
Steve Londos
Dancing Feet
1936
Peyton Wells
Frisco Waterfront
1935
Glenn Burton
Navy Wife
1935
Dr. Peter Milford
Together We Live
1935
Max
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
Steven 'Steve' Brewster
Crimson Romance
1934
Bob Wilson
I Spy
1934
Wally Sawyer
The Women in His Life
1933
Roger McKane
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller
Girl Missing
1933
Henry Gibson
Hat Check Girl
1932
Buster Collins
The Crooked Circle
1932
Brand Osborne
By Whose Hand?
1932
Jimmy
Week Ends Only
1932
Jack Williams
The Big Timer
1932
Cooky Bradford
Lady with a Past
1932
Guy Bryson
Compromised
1931
Sidney Brock
Her Majesty, Love
1931
Fred von Wellingen
Bought!
1931
Nick Amory
Night Nurse
1931
Mortie
West of the Rockies
1931
Mathew
My Past
1931
Robert 'Bob' Byrne
Aloha
1931
Jimmy Bradford
Indiscreet
1931
Tony Blake
Misbehaving Ladies
1931
Phil Hunter
The Stolen Jools
1931
Short
Ben Lyon
The Hot Heiress
1931
'Hap' Harrigan
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
Georgie
What Men Want
1930
Kendall James
Hell's Angels
1930
Monte Rutledge
Alias French Gertie
1930
Jimmy Hartigan
Lummox
1930
Rollo Farley
The Flying Marine
1929
Steve Moran
The Quitter
1929
Neal Abbott
The Air Legion
1929
Dave
Dancing Vienna
1927
Jonny Conzaga
For the Love of Mike
1927
Mike
Dance Magic
1927
Leach Norcutt
The Tender Hour
1927
Wally McKenzie
High Hat
1927
Jerry
The Perfect Sap
1927
Herbert Alden
Prince of Tempters
1926
Francis
The Great Deception
1926
Cyril Mansfield
The Savage
1926
Danny Terry
The Reckless Lady
1926
Ralph Hilliwe
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
1925
John Hart / Don Juan Hartez
The New Commandment
1925
Billy Morrow
The Pace That Thrills
1925
Danny Wade
Winds of Chance
1925
Pierce Phillips
The Necessary Evil
1925
Frank Jerome
One Way Street
1925
Bobby Austin
So Big
1924
Dirk DeJong
Wages of Virtue
1924
Marvin
Lily of the Dust
1924
Lt. Prell
Wine of Youth
1924
Lynn Talbot
The White Moth
1924
Douglas Morley
Painted People
1924
Don Lane
Flaming Youth
1923
Monty Standish
Potash and Perlmutter
1923
Boris Andrieff
The Custard Cup
1923
Dick Chase
The Heart of Maryland
1921
Bob Telfair
Open Your Eyes
1919
Harold Connors
The Transgressor
1918
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hi Gang!
1941
performer: "Hi Gang!", "My Son", "It's a Small World"
Stardust
1938/II
performer: "Oh So Beautiful"
Her Majesty, Love
1931
"Though You're Not the First One" 1931, uncredited / performer: "Because of You" 1931, "Though You're Not the First One" 1931 - uncredited
The Hot Heiress
1931
"You're the Cats" 1931, uncredited / performer: "Nobody Loves a Riveter" 1931, "You're the Cats" 1931, "Like Ordinary People Do" - uncredited
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
performer: "Forever" - uncredited
Hell's Angels
1930
"God Save the King", uncredited / performer: "Ach, Du Lieber Augustin/Did You Ever See a Lassie?", "Sailing, Sailing Over the Bounding Main" - uncredited